'''Hugo Dyson''' was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]].

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'''Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson''' ([[1896]]-[[1975]]) was a fellow [[Inklings|Inkling]] with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He helped Tolkien persuade [[C.S. Lewis]] to (active) Christianity. He much preferred talk at Inklings meetings to readings and is remembered by [[Christopher Tolkien]] as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'"{{fact}} during reading of ''The Lord of the Rings''.

Revision as of 16:23, 26 April 2013

Hugo Victor Dyson Dyson (1896-1975) was a fellow Inkling with J.R.R. Tolkien. He helped Tolkien persuade C.S. Lewis to (active) Christianity. He much preferred talk at Inklings meetings to readings and is remembered by Christopher Tolkien as "lying on the couch, and lolling and shouting and saying, 'Oh God, no more Elves'"[source?] during reading of The Lord of the Rings.